From: mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) Subject: Re: was Linux/SCO Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1993 00:55:51 GMT
gt8134b@prism.gatech.EDU (Howlin' Bob) writes:
>In <1993Aug06.125143.14211@taylor.uucp> mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) writes:
>>>>I hope not.... I still think it is the only quick way to 1000's of
>>>>commercial applications :( It could throw Linux into mainstream....
>>>>Imagine, a Unix OS with LOTS of commercial apps compatible for $0
>>> My understanding is that most commercial applications are currently
>>>SVr3 (i.e. COFF, not ELF). Something to keep in mind...
>>Correct. That was the highest on my wish list for Linux, COFF compatibility.
>>ELF would be very nice, but most of the stuff I and other business users
>>want to run is in COFF format (although some is available in ELF too).
>Well, for compatibility reasons COFF would be nice, but I think the work
>on ELF support has a "hidden" agenda: Eric is implementing the machinery
>necessary for loading ELF-style executables and shared libraries. Once
>the GNU tools are ready to produce ELF reliably, Linux might well
>benefit from using ELF as a *native* executable format. ELF avoids problems
[...]
>So, Mark, are you up for a little kernel hacking :-) ?
:) Don't I wish! I'm not in to kernel hacking, I'm more into end applications
and administration; sorry! I could provide a mental support beam... standby
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